Lady s head-wear protector



(ModeL) a J. A. KNEELAND.

LADIES HEAD WEAR PROTECTOR.

Patented Mar.6,1883.

WITNESSES mfi ATTORNEYS.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIA A. KNEELAND, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

LADYS H EAD-WEAR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,694, dated. March 6, 1883.

Application filed December 20,1882.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIA A. KNEELAND, of Salem, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Ladys Head-Wear Protector, of which we following is a full,olear,and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows my new and improved headwear protector as itappears when in use Fig; 2 is a side elevation of the protector. Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the form, pattern. or

blank of the main part of the protector; and

Fig. 4 shows the form, pattern, or blank ofthe frontpiece of the protector removed from the protector.

A represents the main part of the protector, and B represents the front piece of the protector. In forming the main part A of the protector, I take a square piece of some fine water-proof material ofsuitable size and cut it at one corner to form the face-opening b. The piece of material removed from the main part A in cutting this face-opening is of suitable size and shape to form the front piece, B, and will in most cases be used for that purpose. To the three corners of the blank A are then secured the small weights at a, which serve to hold the corners of the protector down when in place on the head of the wearer. At (1,1 then gather the material, and by preference make the main part elastic at this point, and then to the back of the main part A, I attach the cord], which is adapted to go around the neck of the wearer for securing the protector in place on the head and for holding it down it round the neck, as will be understood from To shape the front piece, B, I cut the gores h h in it at the upper corners, and to cause it to be held down on the breast of the wearer when in useI prov ide its lower corner with the small weight a,which is similar to the weights a a. The piece B is then stitched in the faceopening b of the main part A, as shown in (ModeL) Figs. 1 and 2. The flap 0, formed in the front piece, B, by cutting the gores h h, may be turned down inside of the front piece,or it may be brought up close under the chin ofthe wearer to protect the throat, as shown in Fig. and for holding it in this latterpositionIprovide it at the corners with the eyes 0 e, which are adapted to be hooked into suitablel1ooks,z'i, secured in proper position near the edge of the faceopening I) ofthe main part A, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The protector constructed in this manner, when in place on the head of the wearer, furnishes a perfect covering and protection for the hat or bonnet of the wearer, covers the neck, shoulders, and breast ofthe wearer, and also protects the sides of the face and the throat. Besides, it is cheap, easily put on and removed, looks well, and when removed may be rolled up to occupy small space, so that it may be carried in the pocket or shopping-bag, ready for all emergencies of weather.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The protector herein shown and described, consisting of the main piece Aand frontpiece, B, the main piece having the faceopening b and gathering d, the front piece having the flap (J, substantially as described.

2. In a head-wear protector, the main part A, having the face-opening b, asand for the purposes set forth.

3. In a head-wear protector, the front piece, B, have the gores h h cut in it, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The main piece A, having the face-opening I) cut in it, and provided with the weights at and the cord f, in combination with the gored front piece, B, having the .weight'a and flap (3, which is adapted to be turned in or hooked up to the main part A, as and forthepurposes set forth.

JULIA A. KNEELAND. 

